TL8 Jaguar 122mm self-propelled gun
The third in the Cat series, the Jaguar is amphibious and air-transportable, capable of high off-road speed and with a fair amount of defensive systems. It is intended to provide light/medium artillery support to mechanized units. The gun uses four twelve-round magazines -- two are usually loaded with HE or HEC shells, one with a bursting submunition shell (ICM or FASCAM) and the last with some type of chemical round (usually hot smoke or blackout gas). The hull ammo must be manually loaded into the turret magazines by the crew, though they seldom have to completely dismount to do so.
The stats below represent the 'standard' Jaguar, but most users customize the tank to some degree. Unlike most other Cats, the M136 pod uses 102mm HEDP rather than 102mm HEC rockets, to provide some protection against enemy AFVs (though retreat is usually the best option). The only Jaguar variant replaces the 122mm howitzer with a 75mm L50 rapid fire [fast autoloading] cannon; it is much less effective in the indirect artillery role, but is somewhat useful against helicopters and ground- attack aircraft.
Subassemblies: two tracks, full rotation turret, one pod
Body Features: Slope on body and turret: 60 degress front, 30
degrees left and right
Propulsion: 340 kW tracked drivetrain
Weaponry (Turret): 122mm howitzer, 10mmC minigun, 24x122mm HE
shells, 12x122mm FASCAM (or ICM) shells, 12x122mm smoke shells, 1000x10mmC
rounds
Weaponry (Pod): 2xStinger 3.0, 1xRaptor 6-Pack (M136
pod)
Weaponry (Body): 33x122mm shells (types vary) in anti-blast magazine
Weapon Accessories: full stabilization and universal mounts for
both guns, antiblast magazine for howitzer rounds
Instruments and electronics (turret): searchlight (1 mile), two
short range lasercomms, laser rangefinder (5 mile), Thermograph (2 miles,
Scan 11)
Instruments and electronics (body): 2x medium range scrambled
radios, short range laser comm, 4xLLTV (1x10 mile F, 3x5 mile L/R/B), military
GPS, HUDWAC, two hardened small computers, three terminals, 2xIFF, advanced
laser/radar detector
Miscellaneous: full fire supression (body)
Controls: Computer, duplicate controls (commander)
Occupancy: Short
Passengers: None
Crew: Commander, Gunner and Driver in 3 normal crew stations
(body)
Environmental Systems: 3 man NBC kit
Power: 350 kW turbo ceramic, 10.5 gph, rechargable E-cell
Fuel: self-sealing 100 gallon tank, 100 gallons diesel fuel,
405 mile range @ 43 mph (road)
Access, Cargo and Empty Space: Turret - 1.37 cf empty space,
Body - 1.4 cf empty, 10 cf cargo and 35.8 cf access space, Pod - 0.1 cf
empty space
Volumes: Body 400 cf, Turret 100 cf, Pod 2, Tracks 240 cf; Surface
Area: Body 325.7 sf, turret 129.3 sf, tracks 231.7 sf, pod 9.5 sf; Total
Area 696.24
Structure: heavy with standard materials
Structural Options: total compartmentalization (hull), sealed,
improved suspension
Hit Points: Body 977, Turret 387, Track (each) 347
Armor (Turret): advanced metal, PD 4 DR 50 all sides
Armor (Body): advanced metal, PD 6 DR 100 F, PD 5 DR 75 L,R,
PD 4 DR 50 all other locations
Armor (Tracks): advanced metal, PD 4 DR 50
Defensive Features: 8 Dischargers w/8 blackout gas loads (body),
basic IR cloaking, sound baffling, basic chameleon
Statistics: Loaded Weight 22,792 lbs (11.39 tons), Volume 742
cf, Size Modifier +4, Price $594,986, HT 12
Ground Performance: Speed 71 mph, gAccel 4 mph/s, gDecel 20 mph/s,
gMR 0.75, gSR 7, Very Low ground pressure, 4/5 off-road speed
Water performance: can float, flotation rating 25,000 lbs (+2228
lbs), drag 804, Speed 6 mph, wAccel 0.6, wDecel 10, wMR 0.5, wSR 5
New Weapons
122mm howitzer: one short barrel, slow autoloader
Dam 6dx12, Malf Crit, Type Cr, SS 25, Acc 14, 1/2 Dam 1400 yds, Max
5800 yds, IDF 14500 yds, ROF 1/6, $55,000, 2000 lbs
HE shells: 6dx57 [10d], 68 lbs, $408
CHEM shells: 56 yard burst radius, 68 lbs, $408+filler (total: $816
hot smoke, $1224 blackout gas)
FASCAM (or ICM) shells: 112 yard burst radius, 68 lbs, $2040, 12d(10)
damage (FASCAM)
Upgrading the gun to binary propellant adds $110,000 to cost and doubles
ammo capacity.
10mmC minigun: six long barrels, electric gatling, caseless
Dam 9d, Malf Ver., Type Cr, SS 20, Acc 13, 1/2 Dam 900, Max 4500, ROF
60, 0.38 kW
Ammo is 0.063 lbs and $0.125 each.
Stinger 3.0: 70mm SAM, 6dx21 [12d] HEPF-ABF, Max 4750 yds, IIR homing, skill 15, SS 20, Speed 700 yds/sec; a complete missile and semi-disposable launcher is $5530 and 30 lbs. A SAPHE warhead is available: 6dx8 (0.5) cr plus 6dx21 [6d] exp.
Raptor Six-Pack: 6x102mm artillery rockets, 6dx88 HEC or 6dx27(5) HEDP, 1/2 Dam 1500 yds, Max 2800 yds, Acc 13, SS 20, Speed 900, unguided; rockets are $500 (HEC) or $585 (HEDP) and 25 lbs each.